BGP Troubleshooting LiveLessons

Video description

More than 10 hours of video training covering all aspects of troubleshooting BGP.


BGP Troubleshooting LiveLessons provides complete coverage of the techniques you need to troubleshoot key BGP issues for all these Cisco operating systems: Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and NxOS. This title covers updated BGP design implementations found in blended service providers and enterprise environments and shows exactly how to troubleshoot them.


There are 8 modules with 20 lessons equaling more than 10 hours of video training in BGP Troubleshooting LiveLessons. Coverage includes:

  • Troubleshooting BGP Peering Issues

  • Troubleshooting Platform Issues Caused by BGP

  • Troubleshooting BGP Routing Policies

  • Troubleshooting BGP Convergence

  • BGP Multi-Homing and Multipath

  • Scaling BGP

  • Securing BGP

  • BGP High Availability


Skill Level

  • Intermediate

What You Will Learn

  • Topical, up to date information for BGP Troubleshooting

  • The ins and outs of troubleshooting on Cisco IOS, IOS XR, and NxOS

Who Should Take This Course

Network Engineers, Network Operations, Technical Support Engineers, Consultants, IP Infrastructure Engineers, Cisco Channel Partners


The target audience is for intermediate to advanced network engineers that support BGP IOS, IOS XR, or NxOS-based platforms and have to troubleshoot complex BGP-related routing issues in their network. Networking experts will find the proposed book as an expert troubleshooting guide that could be used as a reference source during major outage situations.

Course Requirements

Knowledge and understanding of BGP and its attributes


Table of Contents

 

Module 1: Troubleshooting BGP Peering Issues


Lesson 1: Troubleshooting BGP Peering Down

1.1: Verifying Configurations

1.2: Verifying Reachability

1.3: BGP Authentication

1.4: Verifying ACLs

1.5: Verifying TCP Sessions

1.6: Decoding BGP Messages

1.7: Troubleshooting Blocked Processes in IOS XR

 

Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Flapping BGP Peers

2.1: Understanding BGP Flapping States

2.2: Understanding BGP Notifications

2.3: Troubleshooting MTU Mismatch Issues

2.4: Troubleshooting High CPU Causing BGP Flaps

2.5: Troubleshooting Interface Queue Drops

2.6: Troubleshooting Control Plane Policing


Lesson 3: Dynamic BGP Peering

3.1: Dynamic BGP Peering Overview

3.2: Dynamic BGP Peering Configuration

3.3: Verifying Dynamic BGP Peers

3.4: Challenges with Dynamic BGP Peering


Module 2: Troubleshooting Platform Issues Caused by BGP

Lesson 4: High CPU Caused by BGP

4.1: BGP Process in IOS

4.2: High CPU Caused by BGP Scanner

4.3: High CPU Caused by BGP Router

4.4: Troubleshooting Flapping Routes

4.5: Understanding BGP Table Version

4.6: BGP Processes in IOS XR

4.7: BGP Processes in NX-OS


Lesson 5: Troubleshooting BGP Process on IOS XR

5.1: IOS XR Thread States

5.2: Verifying BGP Process State and Threads

5.3: Troubleshooting Blocked Processes


Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Memory Issues Caused by BGP

6.1: Understanding Memory Requirements

6.2: Memory Leaks versus High Memory

6.3: Troubleshooting Memory Leaks in Cisco IOS

6.4: Troubleshooting Memory Leaks in IOS XR

Module 3: Troubleshooting BGP Routing Policies


Lesson 7: Troubleshooting BGP Path Selection

7.1: BGP Best Path Selection Algorithm

7.2: Troubleshooting BGP Best Path Selection

7.3: Impact of Network Events


Lesson 8: BGP Route Policy

8.1: Understanding BGP Route-Maps

8.2: Understanding RPL in IOS XR

8.3: Understanding RPM in NX-OS


Lesson 9: Troubleshooting Missing BGP Routes

9.1: Missing Routes with Communities

9.2: Troubleshooting BGP Route Policies

9.3: Troubleshooting Filtering

9.4: Troubleshooting with BGP Event History (NX-OS)


Module 4: Troubleshooting BGP Convergence


Lesson 10: Understanding BGP Convergence

10.1: Understanding what Convergence Means

10.2: Factors Leading to Slow BGP Convergence


Lesson 11: Understanding BGP Update Generation

11.1: Understanding the Update Generation Process in Cisco IOS

11.2: Understanding the Update Generation Process in IOS XR

11.3: Understanding the Update Generation Process in NX- OS


Lesson 12: Troubleshooting BGP Convergence

12.1: Troubleshooting with BGP Next-Hop Tracking

12.2: Verifying InQ /OutQ

12.3: Verifying BGP Replication in Cisco IOS

12.4: Troubleshooting Convergence in IOS XR

12.5: Troubleshooting Convergence in NX-OS


Lesson 13: BGP Slow Peer

13.1: Identifying BGP Slow Peer

13.2: Mitigation Using Traditional Method

13.3: Mitigation Using Slow Peer CLI

Module 5: BGP Multi-Homing and Multipath

Lesson 14: BGP Multi-Homing

14.1: Multi-Homing with Internet Providers

14.2: Different Multi-Homing Topologies

14.3: BGP Load Balancing

Lesson 15: BGP Multipath

15.1: Understanding iBGP Multipath

15.2: Understanding eBGP Multipath

15.3: Understanding eiBGP Multipath


Module 6: Scaling BGP

Lesson 16: Scaling BGP Functions

16.1: ORF Overview

16.2: Understanding Path MTU Discovery

16.3: Implementing Maximum Prefixes

16.4: Implementing Maximum AS

16.5: Tuning BGP Memory

16.6: Tuning BGP CPU


Lesson 17: Scaling BGP with Route Reflectors

17.1: Understanding BGP Route-Reflector Clusters

17.2: Understanding Hierarchical Route-Reflectors

17.3: Understanding Partitioned Route-Reflectors

17.4: Understanding Virtual Route-Reflectors


Module 7: Securing BGP


Lesson 18: Securing BGP Connections

18.1: Implementing MD5 Authentication

18.2: Implementing EBGP Multi-Hop

18.3: Implementing TTL Security

18.4: Securing BGP Traffic using IPSec Tunnels

18.5: BGP Peering over IPv6 Link-Local Address


Lesson 19: Securing Inter-Domain Routing

19.1: Understanding Prefix Hijacking

19.2: Understanding RPKI

19.3: Configuring RPKI

19.4: Verifying Prefixes

19.5: Influencing BGP Best-Path Calculation with RPKI


Lesson 20: Preventing BGP DDOS Attacks

20.1: Understanding DDOS Attacks

20.2: Understanding BGP RTBH

20.3: Understanding BGP Flowspec

20.4: Configuring BGP Flowspec

20.5: Verifying Flows


Module 8: BGP High Availability

Lesson 21: BGP High Availability

21.1: Understanding Graceful Restart

21.2: Understanding NSF

21.3: Understanding BFD

21.4: Understanding Fast External Failover

21.5: Understanding Route Dampening

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Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. BGP Troubleshooting LiveLessons: Introduction
  2. Module 1: Troubleshooting BGP Peering Issues
    1. Module Intro
  3. Lesson 1: Troubleshooting BGP Peering Down
    1. 1.0 Learning objectives
    2. 1.1 Verifying Configurations
    3. 1.2 Verifying Reachability
    4. 1.3 BGP Authentication
    5. 1.4 Verifying ACL’s
    6. 1.5 Verifying TCP Sessions
    7. 1.6 Decoding BGP Messages
    8. 1.7 Troubleshooting Blocked Processes in IOS XR
  4. Lesson 2: Troubleshooting Flapping BGP Peers
    1. 2.0 Learning objectives
    2. 2.1 Understanding BGP Flapping States
    3. 2.2 Understanding BGP Notifications
    4. 2.3 Troubleshooting MTU Mismatch Issues
    5. 2.4 Troubleshooting High CPU Causing BGP Flaps
    6. 2.5 Troubleshooting Interface Queue Drops
    7. 2.6 Troubleshooting Control Plane Policing
  5. Lesson 3: Dynamic BGP Peering
    1. 3.0 Learning objectives
    2. 3.1 Dynamic BGP Peering Overview
    3. 3.2 Dynamic BGP Peering Configuration
    4. 3.3 Verifying Dynamic BGP Peers
    5. 3.4 Challenges with Dynamic BGP Peering
  6. Module 2: Troubleshooting Platform Issues Caused by BGP
    1. Module Intro
  7. Lesson 4: High CPU Caused by BGP
    1. 4.0 Learning objectives
    2. 4.1 BGP Process in IOS
    3. 4.2 High CPU Caused by BGP Scanner
    4. 4.3 High CPU Caused by BGP Router
    5. 4.4 Troubleshooting Flapping Routes
    6. 4.5 Understanding BGP Table Version
    7. 4.6 BGP Processes in IOS XR
    8. 4.7 BGP Processes in NX-OS
  8. Lesson 5: Troubleshooting BGP Process on IOS XR
    1. 5.0 Learning objectives
    2. 5.1 IOS XR Thread States
    3. 5.2 Verifying BGP Process State and Threads
    4. 5.3 Troubleshooting Blocked Processes
  9. Lesson 6: Troubleshooting Memory Issues Caused by BGP
    1. 6.0 Learning objectives
    2. 6.1 Understanding Memory Requirements
    3. 6.2 Memory Leaks vs. High Memory
    4. 6.3 Troubleshooting Memory Leaks in Cisco IOS
    5. 6.4 Troubleshooting Memory Leaks in IOS XR
  10. Module 3: Troubleshooting BGP Routing Policies
    1. Module Intro
  11. Lesson 7: Troubleshooting BGP Path Selection
    1. 7.0 Learning objectives
    2. 7.1 BGP Best Path Selection Algorithm
    3. 7.2 Troubleshooting BGP Best Path Selection
    4. 7.3 Impact of Network Events
  12. Lesson 8: BGP Route Policy
    1. 8.0 Learning objectives
    2. 8.1 Understanding BGP Route-Maps
    3. 8.2 Understanding RPL in IOS XR
    4. 8.3 Understanding RPM in NX-OS
  13. Lesson 9: Troubleshooting Missing BGP Routes
    1. 9.0 Learning objectives
    2. 9.1 Missing Routes with Communities
    3. 9.2 Troubleshooting BGP Route Policies
    4. 9.3 Troubleshooting Filtering
    5. 9.4 Troubleshooting with BGP Event History (NX-OS)
  14. Module 4: Troubleshooting BGP Convergence
    1. Module Intro
  15. Lesson 10: Understanding BGP Convergence
    1. 10.0 Learning objectives
    2. 10.1 Understanding what Convergence Means
    3. 10.2 Factors Leading to Slow BGP Convergence
  16. Lesson 11: Understanding BGP Update Generation
    1. 11.0 Learning objectives
    2. 11.1 Understanding the Update Generation Process in Cisco IOS
    3. 11.2 Understanding the Update Generation Process in IOS XR
    4. 11.3 Understanding the Update Generation Process in NX-OS
  17. Lesson 12: Troubleshooting BGP Convergence
    1. 12.0 Learning objectives
    2. 12.1 Troubleshooting with BGP Next-Hop Tracking
    3. 12.2 Verifying InQ / OutQ
    4. 12.3 Verifying BGP Replication in Cisco IOS
    5. 12.4 Troubleshooting Convergence in IOS XR
    6. 12.5 Troubleshooting Convergence in NX-OS
  18. Lesson 13: BGP Slow Peer
    1. 13.0 Learning objectives
    2. 13.1 Identifying BGP Slow Peer
    3. 13.2 Mitigation using Traditional Method
    4. 13.3 Mitigation using Slow Peer CLI
  19. Module 5: BGP Multi-Homing and Multipath
    1. Module Intro
  20. Lesson 14: BGP Multi-Homing
    1. 14.0 Learning objectives
    2. 14.1 Multi-Homing with Internet Providers
    3. 14.2 Different Multi-Homing Topologies
    4. 14.3 BGP Load Balancing
  21. Lesson 15: BGP Multipath
    1. 15.0 Learning objectives
    2. 15.1 Understanding iBGP Multipath
    3. 15.2 Understanding eBGP Multipath
    4. 15.3 Understanding eiBGP Multipath
  22. Module 6: Scaling BGP
    1. Module Intro
  23. Lesson 16: Scaling BGP Functions
    1. 16.0 Learning objectives
    2. 16.1 ORF Overview
    3. 16.2 Understanding Path MTU Discovery
    4. 16.3 Implementing Maximum Prefixes
    5. 16.4 Implementing Maximum AS
    6. 16.5 Tuning BGP Memory
    7. 16.6 Tuning BGP CPU
  24. Lesson 17: Scaling BGP with Route Reflectors
    1. 17.0 Learning objectives
    2. 17.1 Understanding BGP Route-Reflector Clusters
    3. 17.2 Understanding Hierarchical Route-Reflectors
    4. 17.3 Understanding Partitioned Route-Reflectors
    5. 17.4 Understanding Virtual Route-Reflectors
  25. Module 7: Securing BGP
    1. Module Intro
  26. Lesson 18: Securing BGP Connections
    1. 18.0 Learning objectives
    2. 18.1 Implementing MD5 Authentication
    3. 18.2 Implementing EBGP Multi-Hop
    4. 18.3 Implementing TTL Security
    5. 18.4 Securing BGP Traffic using IPSec Tunnels
    6. 18.5 BGP Peering over IPv6 Link-Local Address
  27. Lesson 19: Securing Inter-Domain Routing
    1. 19.0 Learning objectives
    2. 19.1 Understanding Prefix Hijacking
    3. 19.2 Understanding RPKI
    4. 19.3 Configuring RPKI
    5. 19.4 Verifying Prefixes
    6. 19.5 Influencing BGP Best-Path Calculation with RPKI
  28. Lesson 20: Preventing BGP DDOS Attacks
    1. 20.0 Learning objectives
    2. 20.1 Understanding DDOS Attacks
    3. 20.2 Understanding BGP RTBH
    4. 20.3 Understanding BGP Flowspec
    5. 20.4 Configuring BGP Flowspec
    6. 20.5 Verifying Flows
  29. Module 8: BGP High Availability
    1. Module Intro
  30. Lesson 21: BGP High Availability
    1. 21.0 Learning objectives
    2. 21.1 Understanding Graceful Restart
    3. 21.2 Understanding NSF
    4. 21.3 Understanding BFD
    5. 21.4 Understanding Fast External Failover
    6. 21.5 Understanding Route Dampening
  31. Summary
    1. BGP Troubleshooting LiveLessons: Summary

Product information

  • Title: BGP Troubleshooting LiveLessons
  • Author(s): Vinit Jain
  • Release date: December 2016
  • Publisher(s): Cisco Press
  • ISBN: 0134582861